B2 Spirits Enforcing the No-Fly Zone

[R. Johnson]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cat...h-bombers-returning-from-25hr-libyan-mission/

Didn't know bombers could be used for combat air patrols to enforce a no-fly zone. Generally you use something like an F15 or F22 for that. Generally it does not take 50,000 pounds of bombs to keep the airspace clear.

 

[KOPBET]

Stupid comment of the week...


PA PATRIOT
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 12:13pm
I have heard reports that the enemy is dead long before he/she hears or sees the bird.

 

[Model 70]

Maybe we are supposed to believe that they are targeting individual Libyan airplanes and helicopters?

 

[Hump66]

My guess is they aren't patrolling the no fly zone, but dropping off special deliveries of TLAMs.

 

[Comte DeLoach]

Destroying runways is probably their mission, or destroying anti-air emplacements. Both of which are vital in the begining of setting up a No-Fly zone.

 

[Gunrunner45]

The B2's and other US aircraft go in 1st to take out their air defenses. You can't enforce the no fly zone if you don't have total control of the air space. Its kinda hard to have air superiority when your fighters are dodging SAMS.

 

[R. Johnson]

Destroying their air defense artillery is all well and good, but this:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/u-s-general-we-wont-help-libyas-rebels-unless-we-do/

makes it sound as though more than just ADA is being targeted.

 

[SMS]

Destroying their air defense artillery is all well and good, but this:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/u-s-general-we-wont-help-libyas-rebels-unless-we-do/

makes it sound as though more than just ADA is being targeted.

Because it is more than a No-Fly zone. The UN resolution called for all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack. A No-Fly zone is just part of that. Hence the targeting of armor, command centers, and other non-aviation related targets.

 

[R. Johnson]

Because it is more than a No-Fly zone. The UN resolution called for all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of attack. A No-Fly zone is just part of that. Hence the targeting of armor, command centers, and other non-aviation related targets.

And this is what I was getting around to. Why not call a spade a spade? All people hear is that this is a no-fly zone now, when in reality the NFZ is only part of a larger operation. I don't get to give my opinion of our involvement in a public forum, and that's fine by me, but I am trying to figure out exactly why there is an effort to make this sound like less than what it is. Sadly I don't get to watch any TV news, I just don't have the time, so I missed any press conferences there might have been. All I've gotten to read is about this no-fly zone that has been put in place. It didn't take me long to deduce there was more going on than a NFZ, now I'm trying to deduce what our actual involvement will end up being.

 

[SMS]

And this is what I was getting around to. Why not call a spade a spade? All people hear is that this is a no-fly zone now, when in reality the NFZ is only part of a larger operation. I don't get to give my opinion of our involvement in a public forum, and that's fine by me, but I am trying to figure out exactly why there is an effort to make this sound like less than what it is. Sadly I don't get to watch any TV news, I just don't have the time, so I missed any press conferences there might have been. All I've gotten to read is about this no-fly zone that has been put in place. It didn't take me long to deduce there was more going on than a NFZ, now I'm trying to deduce what our actual involvement will end up being.

Thanks to the biased media....and the general population's desire to have things boiled down to a sound bite. No Fly Zone fits easier in the headline news cycle.

So far it looks like our precision assets were used to make the initial incapacitating strikes and the Brits and French are going to be doing most of the heavy lifting.